Marcel waver



1,561,124 B. F.V STEWART MARCEL WAVBR Filed June 25, 1925 Nov. l..10 1925- lr l1. I

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patented Nov. l, 1925.

MARCEL WAVER.

Application filed June 25, 1925.

T all whom t may conce/m:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. STEW- Alrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Marcel llaver, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to hair curling devices and more particularly to Marcel wavers.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character for producing a permanent Marcel Waver which is construct-- ed cheaply and may be easily employed.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatl changes in the precise embodiment of thev invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing` from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings z- Figure l represents a plan view of the device with the top removed and shown surrounded by the electric heater;

`Figure 2 .is a transverse section taken on the line 2--2 of Figure l;

Figure 3 is an end elevation; and

Figure +L is a detail transverse section on an enlarged scale taken on the line st-lf of Figure 1. I

Figure is a fraginental perspective view of the flat metal strip forming a part of the invention.

The waver constituting this invention comprises a sheet metal casing l composed of a top and bottom member 2 and 3 hingedly connected along one side edge as shown at 4 with the top adapted to overlap the bottom as is shown clearly in Figure 2.

@ne end of this casing l is closed and the other end open as shown at. 5.

Removably mounted in the casing l is a fiat metal strip l0, the bent portion il. which forms the waves being arranged to alternate and the ends of said strip are removably mounted in clips 12 and 1 3 carried by the casing l, being preferably fixed to the bottom thereof. These clips are preferably made V-sliaped so to securely hold the Serial No, 39,564.

ends of the strip l0 when in operative position.

The opening 5 at the end of the casing l. has a longitudinally extending sleeve G, a portion of which is carried by the top and a portion by the bottom of the casing and which is designed for the passage of the lock of hair to be marcelled.

rihe strip l0 has apertures 13 formed one in each bend 1l thereof near one edge and which are designed to receive cords i for tying the hair to be curled to said strip.

ln 'the use of this curler or marceller the strip is removed from the casing l and a lock of hair to be marcelled is divided and one half placed on one half of the strip and the other half on the other side thereof following the curvature of the bends therein and which is secured to the strip by the cord 14: carried by the apertures of the strip. When the hair has beensecured to the strip, the strip is placed in the casing l and the ends engaged in the clips and the top 2 is shut down over the bottom. The casing l with the lock of hair encased therein is then inserted in the heating member 2O which may be of any suitable or desired construction and is preferably made to conform to the shape of casing land has electrical heating elements 2l embedded in an asbestos filling 22, conducting wires 23 entering into one end of the heater as shown in Figure l. so that when the current is flowing through them the heater will operate to heat the casing l and the strip 10 contained therein so that the waves of said strip will be imparted to the lock of hair mounted thereon.

The strip l0 is serpentine in form and a portion of the collar on casing l is apertured to receive a cord for securing the lool.: to the casing.

l claim l. A permanent Marcel waver comprising a metal casing composed of a top and bottom section hingedly connected along one side edge, a serpentine metal strip removably mounted in said casing, clips carried by said casing for securing the ends of said strip in operative position, and means for heating the casing.

2. A permanent Marcel waver comprising a casing composed of top and bottom sections hingedly connected along one side edge ico and one adapted t0 shut over the other, saidv to be curled s secured to the strip, and easing members having openings in one end means for heating said easing. equipped with cooperating sleeve-like mem- In testimony that I claim the foregoing 10 bers, a serpentine metal Strip adapted to be as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa- 5 removably mounted in said casing and hav- 111`e ing apertures formed in the bends thereof to receive attaching cords whereby the hair BENJAMIN F. STEWART. 

